“Breath baby.” she panted out kissing Tina’s stretched neck. On her lips she could feel the air rush in and out of her body. Tina clung tighter to her and arched into Bette’s stroke as she screamed out into the pre dawn lit bedroom. The shuddering waves shook them both and Bette buried her face into Tina’s shoulder swaying back and forth as she came down.

Bette continued to kiss the crook of her neck as she whispered “I love you.” over and over again.

　

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It was almost six and Tina was now wide awake. Not surprisingly her body was still on Miami time. She heard the baby monitor sound and from the rustling of the covers and the constant movement going on in Azi’s crib, she could tell he was about to wake up. So she crept into his room and sure enough there was his little head turning back and forth looking for someone when he heard his mommy say, “Hey there Mr. Man.” he rubbed his face and smiled at her with his still sleepy eyes.

She picked him up and watched him as he didn’t stop staring at her eyes. Tina couldn’t believe sometimes how much he looked exactly like his mother, the only striking difference was his honey hazel eyes. They were just as piercing and vivacious. She already knew that he was going to be a force to be reckoned with. She easily changed his diaper with no fussing and made quick work of getting his jammies back on. He laid his head down on her shoulder and she rubbed his back as she walked back and forth in his room. She was humming one of Bette’s songs to him and the soft honey tone helped put him back to sleep. But it also woke Bette up through the baby monitor, she smiled big into now the purple and orange colored dawn. It was the same song she’d written about Tina all those years ago. Tina was the first person to hear it and she’d been the driving force behind Bette to perfect it. In the end it earned Bette a Grammy and her song was now immortalized for all the world to hear.

“Do you know momma wrote that song for me?” she whispered still rocking him as she walked around the room holding him. “She is one amazing woman. And let me tell you when I first saw her, she was something else. I’d never seen something so beautiful.” Tina just walked and rocked, by now the baby was asleep, but she missed holding her son. “I think about everything she’s given me and I just smile everywhere. My beautiful babies, this home, our life,… her heart.” Tina smiled and bent down to kiss the crown of the baby’s head. Tina gently laid him down back in his crib and just stood still watching him sleep. Everything about her life felt at ease right now. There was nothing in the world she wanted or needed outside of this house and that made her happy.

Tina crept back to her bedroom softly closing the door, and she slid back into bed. She put her arm around Bette and buried her face back into Bette’s back placing a soft kiss along her spine.

“Still don’t wanna marry me?” Tina asked with a smile.

“Kiss me a little lower and I’ll tell you.”

　

　

　

　

　

TBC……………..